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**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-UY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''No XLIX New  Series: A History:  Arabia Felix Or Yemen, From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time; Including An Account Of The British Settlement Of Aden''] 1859
**[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=-UY9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''No XLIX New  Series: A History:  Arabia Felix Or Yemen, From The Commencement Of The Christian Era To The Present Time; Including An Account Of The British Settlement Of Aden''] 1859
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5TkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War''] by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=5TkBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR3 ''From Bombay to Bushire, and Bussora; including an Account of the Present State of Persia and Notes on the Persian War''] by William Ashton Shepherd 1857 Google Books
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t8nc6j17d?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Central Asia Part IV:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Persia complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/83455 ''Central Asia Part Iv''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/coo1.ark:/13960/t8nc6j17d?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Central Asia Part IV:  A contribution towards the better knowledge of the topography, ethnology, resources, & history of Persia complied (for political and military reference)''] by C.M. MacGregor. 1871 Hathi Trust Digital Library. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/83455 ''Central Asia Part Iv''] Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Routes in Persia''] Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the  Quarter Master General’s Department in India 1887 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''Routes in Persia''] Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the  Quarter Master General’s Department in India 1887 Archive.org
**[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n732/mode/2up  "Telegraph Routes in Persia"], page 707
**[http://archive.org/stream/routesinpersia00brangoog#page/n732/mode/2up  "Telegraph Routes in Persia"], page 707
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*[https://archive.org/details/physicalgeograph01stjo  ''Eastern Persia: An Account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. Volume I. The Geography  with Narratives by Majors St John, Lovett and Euan Smith''] 1876 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/physicalgeograph01stjo  ''Eastern Persia: An Account of the Persian Boundary Commission 1870-71-72. Volume I. The Geography  with Narratives by Majors St John, Lovett and Euan Smith''] 1876 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/easternpersiaan02commgoog ''Volume II.  Zoology and Geology''] by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/easternpersiaan02commgoog ''Volume II.  Zoology and Geology''] by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/285074 Pdf download] Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/40188 Pdf download] Digital Library of India
*''Narrative of a journey through the province of Khorassan and on the N.W. Frontier of Afghanistan in 1875'', by Colonel C.M. MacGregor. 1879. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408315?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume I] Hathi Trust Digital Library  [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/285074 Pdf download] Digital Library of India; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433082408323?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 Volume II] Hathi Trust Digital Library, [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/40188 Pdf download] Digital Library of India
*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/aridetoindiaacr01windgoog ''A ride to India across Persia and Baluchistan''] by Harry de Windt 1891 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/ayearamongstper00browgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Year Amongst the Persians: impressions as to the life, character, and thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve month's residence in that country in the years 1887-8''], by Edward Granville Browne 1893 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/ayearamongstper00browgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Year Amongst the Persians: impressions as to the life, character, and thought of the people of Persia, received during twelve month's residence in that country in the years 1887-8''], by Edward Granville Browne 1893 Archive.org
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*''Persia and the Persian Question''  (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon  (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*''Persia and the Persian Question''  (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon  (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez  pages 12-29 ''Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record  1907 Third Series Volume 23'' is available to  read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.
*Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez  pages 12-29 ''Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record  1907 Third Series Volume 23'' is available to  read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan''.  [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/170320 ''The Frontiers Of Baluchistan''] by G P Tate 1909. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title ''The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan''.  [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]  
*''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900'' by Colonel  Sir T  Hungerford  Holdich [https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog 1901 edition], [https://archive.org/details/indianborderland00holduoft Second and cheaper edition 1909]  Archive.org. Contains chapters on the Persian Gulf and the  Perso-Baluch Boundary
*''The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900'' by Colonel  Sir T  Hungerford  Holdich [https://archive.org/details/indianborderlan00holdgoog 1901 edition], [https://archive.org/details/indianborderland00holduoft Second and cheaper edition 1909]  Archive.org. Contains chapters on the Persian Gulf and the  Perso-Baluch Boundary
:[https://archive.org/details/gatesofindiabei00hold  ''The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative''] by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
:[https://archive.org/details/gatesofindiabei00hold  ''The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative''] by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
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:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/jstor-207410 "Between the Tigris and the Indus"]  by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich  ''The Geographical Review Volume IV  September 1, 1917'' Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/bymountainlakepl00kennrich ''By Mountain, Lake and Plain : being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia''] by Major R L Kennion 1911. Archive.org. In 1907 the author was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. He had previously served in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, with the  Indian Foreign and Political Department.  
*[https://archive.org/details/bymountainlakepl00kennrich ''By Mountain, Lake and Plain : being a Sketch of Sport in Eastern Persia''] by Major R L Kennion 1911. Archive.org. In 1907 the author was appointed Consul for the Districts of Seistan and Kain in Iran. He had previously served in Kashmir, Gilgit and Leh, with the  Indian Foreign and Political Department.  
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/208590 ''Old Routes Of Western Iran''] by  Sir Aurel Stein 1940. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/details/br00itishacademytrbritrich ''The British Academy transliteration of Arabic and Persian. Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a practical scheme for the transliteration into English of words and names belonging to the languages of the Nearer East''] 1917 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/br00itishacademytrbritrich ''The British Academy transliteration of Arabic and Persian. Report of the Committee appointed to draw up a practical scheme for the transliteration into English of words and names belonging to the languages of the Nearer East''] 1917 Archive.org



Revision as of 09:11, 4 September 2016

Iran was previously known as Persia. This page also includes the Persian Gulf and surrounding areas.

Also see

FIBIS resources

Records

The journal Iran is available at the British Library. These articles may also be read in full through the website JSTOR, including through the free access provisions, see Miscellaneous tips-Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free
There are also some records for Iran in the "World Miscellaneous" records on FamilySearch

FIBIS resources

John Isaacson, who at the time was described as a "Sergeant, RE", arrived in Persia on 11 November 1863 and was posted to the Persian section of the IETD. He died in Bushire in 1892.

External links

Maps

Historical books online

Volume II. Zoology and Geology by W T Blanford. 1876 Archive.org
A History of Persia by Lieut-Col P M Sykes 1915 Archive.org Volume I, Volume II
Persia by Brigadier General Sir Percy Sykes 1922 Archive.org including
  • The Persian problem: an examination of the rival positions of Russia and Great Britain in Persia with some account of the Persian Gulf and the Bagdad railway by H J Whigham 1903 Archive.org
  • Railways in Western Asia by Lieutenant-Colonel H Picot Indian Army (Retired). Published by the Central Asian Society, London 1904 Archive.org.
  • Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia by J G Lorimer, published 1908 to 1915. Volume I, Historical consists of Part I being the 'Arabian' portion of the History and Part II being the 'Persian' section of the History. Both Parts of Volume I, Historical, have the same extensive index, covering all Parts.
    • Four out of six volumes of a reprint edition are available to read online at Hathi Trust Digital Library. The volumes are Volume I: Historical: Part I (in two parts) and Volume II: Geographical and Statistical (in two parts)
    • The Qatar Digital Library contains copies of the original editions held at the British Library. Note: these webpages may be very slow to load at times
    • Three volumes of the Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia by J G Lorimer, Indian Civil Service, are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, being Parts I and II of Volume 1, Historical, published 1915 and the Geographical section of Volume II, Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer, published 1908.
      • Part I Contents computer pages 12-137. Text commences cp 138. Part II Contents computer pages 10-133. Text commences cp 134. Appendix "Published books and articles" cp 1210. Volume II Geographical and Statistical Gazetteer. There is no Index. Introduction pages i-iii are missing. The text is cp 8-2047
    • Volume I, Part III of a reprint edition is available on the National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps Catalogue entry. It contains two maps (including the map of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia) and genealogical trees.
British Library Untold lives blog ‘Persian Gulf tragedy’ – the death of John Gordon Lorimer 08 February 2014 (retrieved 18 June 2014)
  • Persia and the Persian Question (2 Volumes) by George Nathaniel Curzon (Lord Curzon) 1892 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Article "Indo British Trade with Persia" by Naoroz M Parveez pages 12-29 Imperial and asiatic quarterly review, and oriental and colonial record 1907 Third Series Volume 23 is available to read online on the Digital Library of India website. The article is computer pages 19-36. There is a discussion of the paper from page 106, computer page 113.
  • The Frontiers Of Baluchistan by G P Tate 1909. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Full title The Frontiers of Baluchistan : Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan. [Seistan (Sistan) Arbitration Mission, 1903-1905]
  • The Indian Borderland, 1880-1900 by Colonel Sir T Hungerford Holdich 1901 edition, Second and cheaper edition 1909 Archive.org. Contains chapters on the Persian Gulf and the Perso-Baluch Boundary
The Gates of India, being an Historical Narrative by Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich 1910
Political Frontiers and Boundary Making by Col. Sir Thomas H Holdich 1916
"Between the Tigris and the Indus" by Colonel Sir Thomas H Holdich The Geographical Review Volume IV September 1, 1917 Archive.org

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